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...Some Israelis say that's because the three main candidates-Kadima?s Ehud Olmert, Likud?s Binyamin Netanyahu and Labor?s Amir Peretz-are all either uninspiring or distrusted. But the real reason may be that most Israelis consider the results to be a foregone conclusion. The latest polls give acting prime minister Ehud Olmert's Kadima party enough votes to clobber its rivals (though not enough for a majority); one weekend survey, conducted by the Hebrew daily Yedioth Ahronoth, predicts that Kadima will win 36 Knesset seats, Labor 21, and Likud will end up a distant third with...
...reflect Israel’s interests more than those of the U.S. Since its publication in the London Review of Books last Thursday, the authors have drawn heated criticism from many academics, including Harvard’s Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz and longtime Harvard lecturer Martin Peretz, who is also the editor-in-chief of The New Republic...
...doubles matches, the Crimson’s tandem of sophomore Gideon Valkin and junior Scott Denenberg defeated the Wolverines’ Steve Peretz and Scott Bruckmann, 8-5, in the No. 3 match. Harvard, however, could not pull off another doubles victory during...
...being taught, as well as the intellectual mettle of those doing the teaching. Students, irrespective of their own views, are being short-changed by a faculty that does not even acknowledge, much less wish to tackle, diverse opinions. RUTH R. WISSE Cambridge, Mass. March 12, 2006 The writer is Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature...
...moment where I think Harvard earned its reputation as a leader. So hats off to him for that.” CRITICS SPEAKThree and a half years after his “in effect, if not in intent” remarks, Summers has resigned. Some—most notably Peretz Professor of Yiddish Ruth R. Wisse—have suggested that Summers’ unapologetic faith and his fall from power might be connected.In an interview with The Crimson last week, Wisse stated that she did think anti-Semitism figured in the opposition to Summers. “Of course...